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A comment on Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from being homeless?.

Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by austenallred on Saturday August 04, 2018 @07:54PM (#17688987)
Hey my name is Austen and I’m the cofounder of Lambda School (https://lambdaschool.com), a YC company that trains software engineers in live online classes for no cost until they’re hired making $50k+.

We actually have a nonprofit fund dedicated to helping homeless software engineers land jobs. If you’ll email me [email protected] I would love to put you up in an Airbnb and connect you with our career services department.

We have a full-time program called “Lambda Next” that steps you through what it takes to get a job step by step with full support, code reviews, interview practice, salary negotiation, etc. Normally it’s reserved for our students (since we don’t get paid until students are hired), but we can have you participate at no cost.

Let’s see how fast we can get you hired! Happy to take care of housing and help you focus.

PS. if anyone at airbnb has a way to let us buy gift certificates bigger than $500 it would save me a ton of time

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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by aguynamedtim on Sunday August 05, 2018 @12:47AM (#17689722)
Austen, you are a fucking awesome human! I love what you & the Lambda School are doing. You give me hope for America.

Good luck, pdxHomelessDev. While not a programmer/dev, I work in IT as a system admin and have been homeless myself. It is a hard thing to pick yourself up out of.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by pdxHomelessDev on Saturday August 04, 2018 @08:13PM (#17689036)
Sent from my personal email.
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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by austenallred on Saturday August 04, 2018 @08:23PM (#17689062)
Got it. Will get you in housing by the end of the night.

I know what it’s like to be homeless, keep your head up.

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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by anyssh on Sunday August 05, 2018 @02:15PM (#17692632)
If this actually happened, this is the most awesome interaction on HN I’ve seen so far. Kudos to you kind sir
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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by austenallred on Sunday August 05, 2018 @06:26PM (#17693909)
It did indeed happen https://imgur.com/a/KZ5AeGo
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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by pdxHomelessDev on Monday August 06, 2018 @03:13PM (#17700730)
It did and I am so grateful. I am currently in an Air BnB near the university campus. Austen, thanks again so much and I look forward to speaking to you more about Lambda School.
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Re:Ask HN: How to get web development career on track from b... by pdxHomelessDev on Saturday August 04, 2018 @08:05PM (#17689013)
Emailing now.
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